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Gastroenteritis toll rises to 2 at Garha
Civil Hospital runs out of life-saving drugs
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Jail inmate escapes from hospital
Teachers observe 'black day' across district
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Gastroenteritis toll rises to 2 at Garha
Jalandhar, September 5 Rajrani (52), a resident of Garha main bazaar, near Singh Sabha Gurdwara, today died due to gastroenteritis at the Civil Hospital here today. Complaining of loose motions and vomiting since late last night, her family said they took her to the Civil Hospital in the morning, where they were told she was suffering from acute dehydration. Monica, daughter of Rajrani, said, “She had been complaining of problems since last night and we stayed awake all night because her condition was critical. In the morning she was taken to the Civil Hospital, where after a battle of about an hour, she passed away.” Rajrani’s family said the death was clearly due to contaminated water supply. Her relatives said both in their own home and in the neighbourhood residents had been complaining of similar problems for days. Her daughter Sonu, said, “Me, my children, my father and my mother, all had similar problems by turns. The symptoms are all the same - it starts with vomiting and loose motions and then one starts losing water. While we bore it, she couldn’t. At least 10 to 15 persons in the neighbourhood suffer from similar problems and it is very widespread in the area.” While diarrhoea had claimed the life of two-and-half-year-old Reeti at Tara Colony (a borderline area of Ward 32 and 33), last evening, today the problem spread to the main bazaar area. While both the councillors believe (especially in Ward 33) that the families of scrap dealers, which cause insanitary conditions in their respective plots and lands, are much to blame for causing contamination, there is no doubt that the disease has also spread to some of the streets where only leaking or bad sewerage is to blame for the outbreak. Area councillor Neerja Jain (Ward 33) said, “Our first endeavour would be to try and fix the families of scrap dealers up with a proper place for stay. We have already begun fixing the sewerage and water supply connections at many places. Many faulty connections, suspected to be causing leaks, were cut today. Many more will be fixed in the coming days.”
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Civil Hospital runs out of life-saving drugs
Jalandhar, September 5 There was not even a single antibiotic available in the emergency ward or in the medical store of the hospital. Although, the Red Cross did supply some vital medicines immediately to deal with the diarrhoea outbreak, but the supply was not adequate and may only run till Friday. “We last received the main supply in February. After that, we are buying the entire stock, including the costly life-saving drugs, from our own user charges. Now, in an emergency situation like this, we require some particular medicines, which take some time to stock. We have asked the Red Cross, our drug supplier, for the immediate supply and we will be getting it soon,” said Balvinder Kumar, Chief Pharmacist, Civil Hospital. Today the Red Cross supplied only 25 bottles of dextrose normal saline (DNS), 150 bottles of ringer’s lactate (RL), 500 injections of diclofenac and 30 tablets of aciloc to handle patients from Garha. The hospital authorities were found gathering RL bottles from different wards of the hospital as the supply was inadequate to treat the huge rush of Garha patients in the emergency ward. The hospital receives 169 items from the Punjab Health Services, which are distributed free of cost among the patients. Apart from common medicines, like paracetamol, brufen or cetrizine, it also has items like cotton and bandages. The hospital last received its main supply in February this year. After that it is buying all the medicines, including the very expensive life-saving drugs used during accidental or shock cases, from its own user charges and is distributing free of cost among the patients as directed by the state government. “We are using 25 per cent of the user charges to buy medicines. Earlier, the government announced free supply of around 169 medicines and sent one huge consignment for free distribution, but after that we have not received any further supply. But now, we are bound to provide these medicines free of cost as announced by the government,” said Daljit Singh Cheema, Medical Superintendent, Civil Hospital. Now, the next supply of medicines is expected to arrive on Friday morning. The Red Cross has contacted its stores in Ludhiana and Zirakpur for the same. This may help to deal with the medicine emergency at Civil Hospital up to an extent.
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Jail inmate escapes from hospital
Kapurthala, September 5 The accused has been identified as Bobby, a resident of the area near Jyoti Chowk in Jalandhar. He had been reportedly admitted to the hospital since September 2. He was booked in a case under Sections 279 and 411 of the IPC at the Division Number 4 police station. Bobby reportedly had gone to X-ray room on the ground floor of the hospital around noon. There he complained of having upset stomach and went to toilet and bolted the door from inside. From there, he managed to flee from its window. By the time the police got an inkling of it, he had already fled. The SHO, Kapurthala city police station, Bharat Masih, has lodged a complaint under Sections 223 and 224 of the IPC. “We are on a look out for him”, he said. Man commits suicide
A vegetable seller today committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan early this morning. The deceased, Om Parkash (50), took the extreme step in his room at Jattpura locality when his wife and two daughters, aged 17 and 21, had been away for some marriage. His wife Kiran Bala said her husband had got addicted to intoxicants. He had been quite erratic at work bringing only a little earning for the family by selling vegetables on his cart. The SHO, city police station, said inquest proceedings had been initiated under Section 174 of the CrPC. The man had left a note mentioning that no one was responsible for his death. |
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Kar sewa begins at Pinjara Pole Gaushala
Jalandhar, September 5 A batch of 25 youths, headed by national president of the Hindu Jagriti Manch Mandeep Bakshi, dismantled bricks from the floor on the back of the gaushala to construct new “khurlis" (turf for providing fodder to cattle). These new “khurlis” are being constructed for providing fodder to more cattle and segregating cows, calves and bulls. Kar sewaks also dug land to make foundation for the new “khurlis”. The kar sewa started at 10 am and continued till 3 pm. Also president of the BJP Gau Sewa Cell, Punjab, Mandeep Bakshi, stated that they started kar sewa at Jalandhar and would also do so in other cities of the state. Stating that over 700 head of cattle as compared to the capacity of just 300 have been kept at this gaushala, one of the representatives of the Gaushala management Ravi Kakkar said “The construction of more 'khurlis' and segregation of cow, calves and bulls will improve living conditions of cattle here. Besides, some cattle will also be shifted to another guashala at Bulandpur.” Earlier, chairman of the supervisory committee of the Municipal Corporation Senior Deputy Mayor Kamaljit Singh Bhatia and its members, Deputy Mayor Arvinder Kaur Oberoi, Congress leader Rajinder Beri and councillor Kanwaljeet Singh Bedi, formally inaugurated the kar sewa by removing bricks from the floor. Showing the site plan for constructing new “khurlis”, Bhatia said, “The level of the floor will be increased and slope will be made at the sides so that water and cow dung may be easily removed. Further sewer pipes will also be laid for proper water disposal.” Earlier, following the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the MC on August 30 decided to take several steps, including starting kar sewa, for improving the condition of cattle at two gaushalas in the city. “A batch of 25 kar sewaks would do voluntary service at Pinjara Pole Gaushala on the Tanda road from September 5 to 20 on trial basis,” Bhatia said, adding that the kar sewa would be started thereafter at Bulandpur Gaushala.
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Teachers observe 'black day' across district
Jalandhar, September 5 Protest held outside treasury offices
On the call given by the Punjab and Chandigarh College Tecahers Union (PCCTU), teachers of all colleges went on strike after the first two periods. Teachers on strike held protest march outside the treasury offices across districts. Treating Teachers' Day as 'black day', PCCTU area secretary Tejinder Virli addressed a big gathering at the local Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall. He said the economic policies of the SAD-BJP combine were costing dear to teachers. General secretary, PCCTU, Prof VK Sareen and convener, women wing, Jaswir Kaur said the colleges had not received grants for three quarters and many teachers were without salaries for more than nine months. She added that the well-being of teachers and students had taken a backseat in the minds of politicians. Teachers later took a rally to the treasury office and handed over a demand letter to the treasury officer. Teachers wear black badges in protest
All the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)/RMSA/CSS teachers across the district today held black badges/ribbons in schools. Performing their routine duties while putting on black badges/ribbons, the teachers said they had been demoralised by the state government by being refused their demands of regularisation. Demanding fulfillment of their long-pending demand of regularisation, teachers also demanded payment of their pending salaries. Aided school teachers demand merger
Meanwhile, on the call given by the Punjab State Aided and Other School Teachers Union, thousands of teachers from across the state held a rally to protest demanding a merger of the aided school staff with government schools. Teachers have decided to hold a mass casual leave and gherao the residence of Education Minister on October 9. State president Gurcharan Singh said while the union has been pressing on its demands for the past two years, the government has so far not paid heed to its valid requests. He said while the union had written to the CM, Deputy CM and other ministers, the government had responded only with false promises. They said for the past 10 years, the aided schools had not received any fresh recruitments due to which their situation was very precarious and students were suffering. State secretary NN Saini said about 4,300 teachers in 484 aided schools in the state were the only ones left to run all the schools. The employees of all aided schools have decided to boycott the state-level function to be held to honour teachers in Patiala on October 9. Teachers said they will be going on mass causal leaves and opposing government inaction on their merger demand. They will also gherao Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka on the day. C&V teachers meet DC
The Government Classical and Vernacular Teachers Union held a protest rally in the city after which they handed over a letter of their demands to the DC. They gathered outside the suvidha kendra and took out a rally for thier demands. District president S Tarsem Singh Nahar and others demanded immediate payment of their salaries pending for the past three months, release of pending installments, release of DA installments. They condemned the disregard of the SC directions by the DPI (S) and the suspension of pending payments by mere verbal orders by the treasury office, among other issues. The teachers handed over a demand letter for CM Punjab through the DC, jalandhar regarding their various demands. |
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